Grade 15 Babbitt Metal vs. Solder Alloy 161
Both grade 15 Babbitt Metal and solder alloy 161 are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have a modest 40% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is solder alloy 161.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 23 | |
| 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.39 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.2 | |
| 14 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 48 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 280 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 250 | |
| 180 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 140 | |
| 190 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 25 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 180 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 840 | |
| 910 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.2 | |
| 2.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.0 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 14.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 79 to 83.9 | |
| 37.3 to 39.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 59.5 to 60.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |